This year I am exhibiting a series of 12 photographs.​These were selected because of the unusual or abstract qualities of the images.Their content ranges across coastal areas, bushland and city-scapes.

The coastal photographs include the mosaic of driftwood patterns on beach edges, the vivd shapes of algae covered boulders and large rock formations in the ocean.

In the bush they look at the impact of nature after the rain, after fire and at sunset. Even a car relic has its abstract qualities after being dumped and stripped in the harsh Australian outback environment.

In the city there is the person-made landscape where artificial light creates fascinatingly bizarre shapes and patterns within the natural setting.

Artist's StatementThis series of paintings is based on my travel experience in Bhutan, a Buddhist country characterised by prayer wheels, prayer flags and monasteries. These 'elements' of Buddhism were incorporated into my paintings. They occur throughout the Bhutanese landscape particularly at significant geological features such as mountaintops, outcrops, gullies and gorges. The harsh impact of nature on the Bhutanese landscape causes enormous wear and tear on these ‘elements’, causing all to gradually disintegrate. These paintings endeavor to capture this feeling of impermanence.

Well it has taken 3 years (very part-time) but the painting is now complete! Agony in the Garden 2016 by Alan Pomeroy.Egg tempera and gold leaf on board. Image size 915 x 650 mm. This image was adapted from a mosaic in Venice.I have now started on another challenging painting 'Christ walks on the water' (Peter drowning?) from a mosaic in Sicily.

My Artist's Statement:"This series of paintings, 'Suburban Dreaming', explores the relationship between people (or metaphors for people) and their suburban environment. The images reflect the juxtaposition of human aspirations, goals or ambitions (which may be represented by dreams or fantasies) and the reality of the everyday life experiences of people living in their environment. The consequent surreal quality in these images reflects this relationship.Whether dreaming occurs in the bath, behind the locked bathroom door, the kitchen or outside in the garden, the dreaming may take different forms but the fantasy continues".

About the Digital Art PrintsThese Images are created in high definition (HD) using professional digital tools (stylus, tablet and software) and may be printing on a variety of mediums using pigmented inks. They may be called Giclee (Fine Art) Prints. Each of the prints in this Suburban Dreaming Series is available from a Limited Edition of 50. They are of Archival quality and signed and numbered by Alan Pomeroy (on the reverse of the Print).

It is interesting to see how a painting develops over time.Here still image photographs were taken at the end of each painting session and put together in this slide show.See the final image and others in my Public Service Series 2013 in my Painting Gallery

Artist

Alan is a life-long artist. His media includes drawing, painting, ceramics, stained glass, photography and digital art. This blog provides a little background to a lot of art work!